Efficacy of Ivermectin, Liquid Paraffin, and Carbaryl against Mange of Farmed Rabbits in Central Kenya

Table 2

Mean lesion scores in the field efficacy trial of antimange agents in Central Kenya.

Group	Lesion scores during treatment
	Day 0	Day 3	Day 9	Day 15	Day 21	Day 28	Day 56
Ivermectin	2.17 ± 0.15	1.57 ± 0.13	1.09 ± 0.12	0.71 ± 0.11	0.50 ± 0.11	0.24 ± 0.09	0.13 ± 0.05
Liquid paraffin	1.89 ± 0.12	1.09 ± 0.10	0.54 ± 0.10	0.27 ± 0.10	0.11 ± 0.06	0.03 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.12
Carbaryl	2.0 ± 0.13	1.286 ± 0.097	0.74 ± 0.10	0.50 ± 0.10	0.31 ± 0.09	0.23 ± 0.083	1.17 ± 0.06
X^2(2)	0.69	0.328	3.153	2.189	2.608	0.680	0.913
value	0.709	0.849	0.207	0.335	0.271	0.712	0.634

A total of 29 rabbits per treatment group were scored for psoroptic mange lesions using criteria described by Pan et al. [26]. Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance in SPSS was conducted to examine the difference in lesion scores depending on test compounds administered.